Definitions

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  • noun A hole in a vessel, such as a cask, that may be stopped with a bung.
  • noun vulgar, slang The anus.

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Examples

  • Good bung-hole caulkers needed ... there's a message just for you up here in the thread ...

    In New Letter, Clinton's Lawyers Demand ABC Yank Film 2009

  • As she talked, she pressed her pierced hand to her breast, where there was another hole, and whence there spurted from moment to moment a stream of blood, like a jet of wine from an open bung-hole.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • The best cook that ever was roasted cannot get out of a pot more than was put in it; and the weight of a cask, as a general rule, diminishes if the tap is turned, without any redress at the bung-hole.

    Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

  • Then the sparrow crept under the cover of the cart, and pecked so long at the same bung-hole that he got the bung out, and then all the wine ran out without the driver noticing it.

    Household Tales 2003

  • If the devil will not have them to bag, he must wring hard the spigot, and stop the bung-hole.

    Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

  • If the devil will not have them to bag, he must wring hard the spigot, and stop the bung-hole.

    Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

  • He pulled the cork from the bung-hole of the cask, and dribbled a little on the plinth that Pan stood upon, tore off a bit of bread, dipped it in the honey, and laid it at Pan's feet.

    The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • It seemed to affect Socco too, for his tone moderated a little as he coiled his whip and said, 'If I catch you people here again, I'll lop off your balls and stick them up your bung-hole.'

    Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001

  • That we couldn't find the bung-hole of the old keg of rum

    Old Keg of Rum 1996

  • The elder wine must now be put into the barrel, and kept in the cellar with the bung-hole left open for a fortnight; at the end of this time, a stiff brown paper should be pasted over the bung-hole, and after standing for

    A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes Charles Elm�� Francatelli

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